Southland

RBOrrell · 04-13-2009, 09:36 AM

It was not bad, but I found that it was annoying that they used "bleeped" language when it clearly is a made-for-network show. I think they tried to make it edgy by doing it but it was just an annoyance.

BamBam · 04-13-2009, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by RBOrrell

It was not bad, but I found that it was annoying that they used "bleeped" language when it clearly is a made-for-network show. I think they tried to make it edgy by doing it but it was just an annoyance.

I think taking the expletives out would make it fake.

If you have ever been around a group of Law Enforcement Officer's you know that expletives are used like adjectives.

RBOrrell · 04-13-2009, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by BamBam

I think taking the expletives out would make it fake.

If you have ever been around a group of Law Enforcement Officer's you know that expletives are used like adjectives.

I agree... problem was they expletives were out.... they bleeped them. It was like watching The Sopranos but with "BEEPS" instead of the words. Why can't US TV in primetime be like TV here in Canada? One of our national networks ran The Sopranos unedited, un-bleeped at 10pm.

BamBam · 04-13-2009, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by RBOrrell

I agree... problem was they expletives were out.... they bleeped them. It was like watching The Sopranos but with "BEEPS" instead of the words. Why can't US TV in primetime be like TV here in Canada? One of our national networks ran The Sopranos unedited, un-bleeped at 10pm.

I do see what you're saying by the beeps being annoying. I just think that by at least letting the viewer see that they were using expletives (albeit they were beeped) they were trying to attain a level of realness. Most of us can fill in the "beeps anyways. Sort of like cops, plenty of expletive "beeping" on there.

As far as Sopranos, that's awesome. On A&E "The Sopranos" are very censored and watered down. I always like watching where they take out an expletive and voice over a watered down word. You can tell by there mouth what they said. Sort of comical

rack04 · 04-20-2009, 10:45 AM

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04-13-2009, 09:36 AM	#1
RBOrrell Still Watching My Back Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Bruce Location: Aurora, Ontario, Canada Posts: 130 Trading: (6)	Re: Southland It was not bad, but I found that it was annoying that they used "bleeped" language when it clearly is a made-for-network show. I think they tried to make it edgy by doing it but it was just an annoyance. __________________ Bruce "Hurry Hardddddddd"

04-20-2009, 10:45 AM	#5
rack04 Lebowski Urban Achiever Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Justin Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 1,023 Trading: (20)	Re: Southland I found this article and thought it was pretty entertaining. http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=136089 __________________ "Why don't you put them in your secret compartment" - 12stones (Ricky)